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The Republican Party was founded on July 6th, 1854.

Paul Cartledge goes in search of the elusive personality of the world’s greatest hero.

The Scottish king fought Malcolm Canmore on 27 July 1054.

B.J. Copeland and Diane Proudfoot recall the contribution to the war effort in 1939-45 of the British computer scientist.

Robert Knecht visits two of France’s most remarkable châteaux, which stand as monuments to the ambitions of their upwardly mobile creators Thomas Bohier and Nicolas Fouquet.

Gerard DeGroot investigates the effects of the ‘peace dividend’ on the Nevada desert.

Dejan Djokic pinpoints the baleful influences of historical distortion and myth in a troubled area.

Tristram Hunt finds inspiration for his study of civic consciousness in Tuscany and the lecture halls of Cambridge.

The French began formal negotiations with ‘the magnificent and mighty Owen, Prince of Wales' on 14 June 1404.